Chapter 60: Separate Operations
After the killing of the Ghoul King, everyone was in high spirits, and they were about to return to Kislev City to receive the reward, when the bad news of vampire chaos came from the south of Kislev...... It is indeed bad news......
A few days ago, the hunting party had fought bloodily to eliminate a nest of ghouls and the ghoul king who controlled them, and paid a terrible price, with a dozen warriors dying in that evil lair. Among them, half of the "personal guards" sent by the queen died, a third of the Moorish Order was also killed, and the three Norscan warriors brought by Rhodes were all killed there. Twenty-five people were there when they set out, and now there are only twelve left. Some of them were still wounded, like Rhodes, whose shoulder socket had not healed and occasionally oozing blood, and Yeskovich's abdomen had been torn open, and it was estimated that the wound would not heal completely in less than ten days and a half. In this case, hearing such news is a bolt from the blue.
Because they knew that they were going to be on their way again, and as long as the vampires of the Streiger family were not eradicated for a day, Rhodes and his party would not be able to return to the Great Horde to join their own troops, let alone return to Blackhammer Castle.
After everyone deliberated, they decided to go their separate ways, and Daft went to the mysterious Moorish Temple to ask for reinforcements, although Moorish religion is not popular in Kislev, but this does not mean that they are also unpopular in the empire, on the contrary, the Moorish sect in the empire is widely distributed. However, according to Dafert, he was only going to call on the Moorish warriors in Kislev to come and support the vampire hunt.
Although it is possible to go to the territory of the empire to ask for help, it is a long way, and when the news spreads, the local Moorish organization will discuss a meeting and then mobilize forces to Kislev, which is not sure how much time it will take. By that time, it is estimated that the power of vampires has already overflowed.
Pirno, the knight of the kingdom, volunteered to go to the city of Kislev to ask for more official aid. After all, with the Snow Queen's orders at hand, the capital's army must also provide support when necessary. In that dark nezumi cave, the hunting party encountered no less than three hundred ghouls. There are also countless zombies and skeletons of all kinds, and Rhodes is thinking, the next time he encounters the ghoul king, he doesn't know how many undead he will have to face?
The three of them went their separate ways, and Rhodes decided to go to the ghoul-infested place to investigate the information first, after all, this time, without the information provided by the queen, all the information had to be collected by himself. Once again, there were only five people left in the team of a dozen men, the Frost Witch, the Dwarven Butcher, the squire Tallenam, the Ersun shaman Yeskovich, and himself.
Rhodes asks Tallinnham to help him open the map, and it is clear that Streig's vampires are escaping. They first appeared near Erlengrad and then were driven out of the city and wandered around Kislev, where a handful of vampires made their way north and were never heard from after leaving the northern border.
Another group of ghoul kings left Kislev with their undead golems, but most of the vampires seemed to have fled south along the Ice Boulevard, and as a result, Grizzly Bear and Lonewind were attacked by a large group of ghouls. And Rhodes is tracking this vampire army. It always has to have a boss, and if you kill that boss, the undead creatures will be leaderless.
Rhodes didn't expect any reward after this operation, after all, with the current situation, it would be very difficult to kill this vampire lord of the Streig family, and it would be good to be alive. In that pitch-black nezumi lair, it took so much effort to kill a ghoul king, and he was seriously injured, and if he had to face the boss of the ghoul king next, the difficulty can be imagined.
"Whispering Castle, as of now, ghouls and undead are operating around this area, and all the news points to this castle. However, the owner of the castle, Baron James Warren, seems to have no reaction to this, and we do not yet know which side he is on. ”
Pointing to the map of the whole of Kislev, Rod said to his companion with a frown. Yeskovich and Talinham looked at the map seriously, nodding their heads in agreement from time to time. The little man Bogur held the flask and kept pouring beer, for the butcher, it didn't matter where the enemy was, the key was whether they were strong enough, after seeing the horror of the ghoul king in the nezuman's lair, Bogur was relieved.
Caroline, on the other hand, looked at Rhodes with concern, although the task of hunting vampires was severe, but the Frost Witch was more concerned about the body of the man in front of her, and a few days ago, she saw the vampire pierce Rhodes in the shoulder with a sharp bone spur. This kind of injury, if you are an ordinary person, can't bear it at all. Fortunately, Rod's extraordinary physique resisted it. But that doesn't mean the injury will heal, and from Rod's face, Caroline sees pain and suffering. Love Book House
"Isn't it too dangerous for us to break into there so recklessly?"
Caroline interrupted Rod. She couldn't trust the so-called nobles and lords anymore, and Caroline had been wary of the nobles of the kingdom since she discovered that there were vampires around the duke.
"No, there are only five of us, caravan guards, travelers, wanderers, any one of them can make sense. No one will notice us, and in such chaotic times, every caravan will hire some personal bodyguard or something, and there are countless travelers and wanderers. ”
Rod returned in a hoarse voice.
Rhodes was right when he said that the fewer people there are, the less attention they get. Don't worry, Rhodes will be fine, I've seen him get through this more serious injury, right?"
Caroline was still a little hesitant, but Bogur interjected, put his rough hand on Rod's shoulder, and confidently assured Caroline. It made Rhodes look embarrassed, he had indeed been seriously injured before, but this time was different, being stabbed by a vampire was not a pure physical injury, but also accompanied by venom damage, so this time the wound recovered so slowly. Although the Moorish priests dressed their wounds with special herbs, they were stabbed by the Ghoul King, and unlike ordinary ghouls or undead creatures, this kind of poisonous wound cannot be healed in a short time.
"I know, of course I do. You weren't there when I met Rod. ”
Caroline complained about the dwarves' mischief.
"But you don't have to spend more time with him than I do with him, do you? ”
Ignoring Caroline's temper, Bogur continued to put his arm around Rod's shoulder, responding to the witch with arrogance.
"Although you may spend more time with him than I do in the future, I still spend more time with him than you now. ”
The dwarf's grunt of nonsense made Caroline's face flush for a moment......